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Re:Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain? by orangepurple on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:01PM (#33701678)
Not Britain?
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Re:Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain? by Kaibeezy on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:17AM (#33702639)
They may as well. I was making a different implication, which is that the Square Mile calls the tune, the rest of London and England have no choice but to dance along, and that everyone else will bugger off soon enough.
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Re:Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain? by BerislavLopac on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @02:39AM (#33703125)
It's not the City that is holding the reins - it's Tufton Street, which is in Westminster.
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Re:Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain? by Kaibeezy on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:19AM (#33704540)
Fair enough... The United Kingdom of 55 Tufton Street, banks in British Empire-related tax havens, the City of London and England
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Re:Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain? by nextweek2 on Friday November 25, 2022 @06:08AM (#33741274)
There are Cornish separatists, once one domino falls, others will follow. England also has a north south cultural divide.
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